Stick arrangement



' Jan. 14, 1947. H, 3, mm 2,414,245

STICK ARRANGEMENT Filed Sept. 9, 1944 IN V EN TOR.

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A ORNEYS Patented Jan. 14, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STICKARRANGEMENT Harry B. Rudd, Flushing, N. Y.

Application September 9, 1944, Serial No. 553,299

3 Claims. 1

My invention relates to cosmetic or other arrangements of the lip-sticktype.

In accordance with my invention, a casing is detachably related inupstanding relation to a base and forms a housing for a first sticksupported directly by the base and a second stick supported at the upperend of a sleeve which is also detachably related to said base.

Various other objects, advantages and features of my invention willbecome apparent from the following detailed description.

My invention resides in the stick or pencil arrangements of thecharacter hereinafter described and claimed.

For an understanding of my invention and for an illustration of one ofthe forms thereof, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing,in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the stick arrangement of myinvention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views illustratin parts of my novel stickarrangement; I

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view, partly in elevation, showing thestick arrangement of my invention; and

Fig. 5 is a schematic view illustrating a detailed feature of theinvention. Referring particularly to Fig. 4, I have shown a base I whichdefines a lower vertical surface la which may be circular, said base Ifurther defining a pair of upper circular surfaces lb and lo which arestepped inwardly as illustrated. The base I in the upper area thereofdefines a socket or depression Id, preferably circular, which receivesthe base of a lip-stick 2.

Slidable on the circular surface lo and adapted to seat on thehorizontal flange extending therefrom is a sleeve 3 which, adjacent itsupper surface, comprises a transverse wall 30 preferably apertured asindicated at 3b. Above the wall 3a, the sleeve 3 terminates in acircular socketdefining section 30 which, preferably. has less diameterthan the lower sleeve section, said socket-defining section 30 receivingthe base of a lip-stick 4. As clearly appears, the sleeve 3, besidesserving as a support for the lip-stick 4, forms an enclosure or housingfor the lip-stick 2.

The lip-sticks 2 and 4 are retained in their respective sockets in anysuitable manner. Ordinarily, a press-fit sufiices for this purpose.

Slidable on the circular surface lb and adapted to seat on thehorizontal flange extending therefrom is a cylindrical closure cap orcasing 5 which forms an enclosure or housing for the lip-stick 4, thesleeve 3 and the lip-stick 2.

Referring to Fig. 5, the surface lb of the base I, as indicated by thebroken lines, is shown as truly circular. The inner surface of thecasing 5 at the lower end thereof, however and to slight extent, is ovalor elliptical. Hence, when the casing 5 is slidably related to the baseI as shown in Fig. 4, the aforesaid oval or elliptical crosssectionalconfiguration of the casing l is deformed, by the base I, to cause saidcross-sectional configuration to become truly circular. This increasesthe frictional resistance between engaging surfaces of the casing 5 andbase I and thereby prevents casual disengagement of said casing 5 fromthe base I. However, such frictional resistance is not sufficientlygreat to prevent ready manual removal of the casing 5 from the baselwwhen that becomes desirable.

The lower end of the sleeve 3 may be elliptical or oval and the surfacelc of the base I may be truly circular in the same manner as describedabove. tached from the base I, the sleeve 3 may readily be removed fromsaid base I to expose the lipstick 2. However, with the describedarrangement, frictional resistance prevents casual disengagement of thesleeve 3 from the base l.

It shall be understood that the invention is not to be limited to theelliptical or oval configuration of the casing 5 and the sleeve 3 asdescribed above. I

The base I, sleeve 3 and casing 5 may be formed from such suitablematerial as may be desired. Thus. for example, this material may beplastic, metal, wood or equivalent.

It is a feature of the invention that the casing 5 serves as a housingor enclosure for the lip stick 4 and also for the sleeve 3 and thelip-stick 2. The casing 5 and the base I, when associated as shown inFigs. 1 and 4, have graceful lines and present a pleasing appearance.The act of removing the casing 5 from the base I yields the arrangementshown in Fig. 2 and exposes the lip-stick 4 for use. The further act ofremoving the sleeve 3 from the base I yields the arrangement of Fig. 3and exposes the lip-stick 2 for use. These operations may readily beperformed whenever it becomes desirable to use either one or both of thelip-sticks. With both of the arrangements of Figs. 2 and 3. the base Iis manually held while applying the lip-stick and, obviously, thesearrangements are convenient for operation and present a pleasingappearance.

In accordance with the invention, the lip-sticks 2 and 4 may be formedfrom the same kind of material and, if so, one of the lip-sticks is in-If so, after the casing 5 has been de-' tended to serve as a spare forthe other. Alternately, one of the lip-sticks may be of one shadeintended for day-time use whfle the other lipstick may be of anothershade intended for evening use.

Although my invention has been hereinbeiore specifically described withrespect to lip-sticks, it shall be understood that, in lieu oflip-stick, the stick or pencil may be formed, for example, from cosmeticmaterial other than that used for lip-stick purposes, from coloringmaterial other than that used for the lips, and from medicinal, healingor other material to be applied to desired parts 01' the human body orotherwise as may be desired. It shall be understood, therefore, that theterm "lip-stick" as hereinbefore used shall be understood to begenerically descriptive of true lip-stick as well as the other materialsreferred to in this paragraph.

While the invention has been described with respect to a certainparticular preferred example which gives satisfactory results, it willbe understood by those skilled in the art after understanding theinvention, that various changes and modifications may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention and it is intendedtherefore in the appended claims to cover all such changes andmodifications.

What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a base on which a first stick is mounted, a sleeveupstanding from said base and detachably related thereto so as to form ahousing for said stick, the upper part of said sleeve forming a supportfor a second stick, a casing upstanding from said base and detachablyrelated thereto so as to form a housing within which both of said sticksand said sleeve are disposed.

2. In combination, a base on which a first stick is mounted, a sleeveupstanding from said base and detachably related thereto so as to form ahousing for said stick, the upper part of said sleeve forming a supportfor a second stick, a casing upstanding from said base and detachablyrelated thereto so as to form a housing within which both of said sticksand said sleeve are disposed, said sleeve and said casing beingslidable, respectively, on circular vertical surfaces arranged instepped relation on said base.

3. In combination, a base on which a first stick is mounted, a sleeveupstanding from said base and detachably related thereto so as to form ahousing for said stick, the upp r part of said sleeve forming a supportfor a second stick, a casing upstanding from said base and detachablyrelated thereto so as to form a housing within which both of said sticksand said sleeve are disposed, said casing and said sleeve being circularin section and the external diameter of said sleeve being less than theinternal diameter of said casing.

HARRY B. RUDD.

